Re: ftp master uploads disappearing?

Hi,
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:08:13PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 07:38:22PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > Andreas Tille <andreas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > To answer Mattias question why not using source uploads all the time:
> > > Once I have build the package to see whether all those lintian issues
> > > are fixed I want to fix I have a sensible package to upload and somehow
> > > this workflow to upload what is just there remains.
> > [...]
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am also doing regular local builds, because I like being able to
> > a) use debdiff to the previous upload and b) compare buildlogs.
> >
> > This is not a blocker for source-only uploads, though, you can generate
> > a source-only changes file from the full_build_changes file like this:
> >
> > mergechanges --source -f exim4_4.89-7_amd64.changes exim4_4.89-7_amd64.changes
>
> Nice hint in general. However, in the statsmodels case it was an upload
> to new (due to additional binary packages) - it does not permit source
> only uploads.
Pbuilder generates a _source.chanegs alongside the _<arch>.changes for
me so one can pick either after building.
Cheers,
-- Guido
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
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